Match scratcher



June l2, 1923.

C. s. SMITH MATCH scRATcHERl Filed Feb. 23 1922 ilml- INVENTOR.

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UNITED s'ijATEsl PATENT OFFICE- CHARLES S. SMITH, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

MATCH SCRATCHER.

Application filed February 23, 1922. Serial No.` 538,429. i

To all ic/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match Scratchers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certainnew' and useful improvements in match scratchers and pertains more particularly to an articleof this kind which is formed for attachment to the clothing of the user.

The primary object of the invention is to f match scratcher for personal wear, which is simple and economical and which kis very' light in weight. i

In the drawings.:

Ifigure 1 is a front elevation of the invention;

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure yhaving transverse orrugations pressed out .therefrom so as to occur on both the front l; and y Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2. y

In proceeding` in accorda-nce with the present invention, a plate of tin or other suitable thin metal, such as sheet steel is employed and which is shaped to form a body l and a peripheral rim 2, the latter following` the entire margin of the body and extending rearwardly ofv the front face of the body and at an incline thereto, as depicted in the drawings, whereby the beveled rim provides ahollow back for theplate` like body.

The plate-like body l hasa series of transverse corrugations 3 formed therein, ar'

ranged in a panel-like form. The plate-like body is preferably of rectangular form, hav-L ing its four corners rounded so as to enhance the ornamental appearance of the article and to also eliminate projections likely to catch against the clothing, in which regard the beveled rim also serves.

The corrugatio-ns are of the usual concavotions.. In order to provide means for attaching the body to the clothing, a pin i is rpivotec'l at tothe realq ofthe body and is engaged at itsl free vendby a keeper 6.v The pivoting means of the pin, aswell as the keeper, may cach be soldered yto the corrugations ofthe plate-like body, the concave parts 'of which corrugations serve to afford pockets to receive the solder', so that the pin parts are more effectively secured to the plate-like body. The corrugations appearing on the rear faceof the body l, further act to gripthe vest or other part of the `clothing to which the yarticle is affixed and in performing this function same are assisted by the free edge of the beveled'rim which latter engages, against the clothing and into the hollow rear face of the `body provided by the outwardly extending rim. f

In this latter regard it 'will be understood that the pin t presses the cloth against the back face of the body and also draws the cloth against the free edgeof the rim of the.

body. y j i n y Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-` rters Patent 1s: i

1. In a match scratcher, a plate-like body and, rear faces of the body and having a ybeveled rim extending rearwardly to form yclothes engaging means atits free edge, and a pin secured to the back of the body for atytaching the device to the clothing of the user and for forcing the clothing'againsty name to this specification in thepresence of f two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES s. SMITH.

Witnesses M. A. KINGSLEY,

Jf A, MlLLER, 

